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More results of beef product testing published
13 June 2013 | By Food Standards Agency
The Food Standards Agency is confirming it has received a further 19,050 industry results from testing beef products for horse DNA...
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Horse meat review – key findings
4 June 2013 | By FSA
At Food Standards Agency open Board meeting, Professor Pat Troop presented the key findings...
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Hepatitis A: EFSA and ECDC publish a joint rapid outbreak assessment
29 May 2013 | By EFSA
EFSA is working closely with ECDC to help identify the origin of the recent outbreak of Hepatitis A virus infection...
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Horsemeat scandal – Food scientists call for control measures
9 May 2013 | By Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST)
IFST’s Consultancy group responds with its position on how to approach this issue of food fraud and authenticity...
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The growing global epidemic of food fraud
Recent news headlines regarding the evidence of horsemeat in beef products has drawn worldwide attention to the growing problem of food fraud.
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Can we prevent another horsemeat scandal?
26 April 2013 | By Helen Bahia
Food fraud on an international scale is a reality – current preventive measures are not working and new techniques and tools are needed to address the problem, say experts. The recent revelation of large-scale and criminal food fraud involving the adulteration of processed meat products with horsemeat has cost the…
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Results of Europe-wide beef product survey published
16 April 2013 | By FDA
In February the EC asked all member states to carry out a survey of beef products to check for the presence of horse DNA...
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Hepatitis A: EFSA and ECDC publish a joint rapid outbreak assessment
16 April 2013 | By EFSA
FSA is working closely with ECDC to help identify the origin of the recent outbreak of Hepatitis A virus infection...
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Very low levels of bute found in Asda ‘Smart Price Corned Beef’
9 April 2013 | By FSA
The FSA has been informed by Asda that very low levels of bute, have been found in 340g tins of its Smart Price Corned Beef...
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Update on Agency’s beef product survey
9 April 2013 | By FSA
The FSA has confirmed results for four of the remaining five samples relating to the Agency’s UK-wide sampling programme of beef products...
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Hungarian horse meat labelled as beef
22 March 2013 | By Food Standards Agency (FSA)
The Food Standards Agency has been informed by Lancashire County Council that it has identified 100kg of horse meat imported from Hungary labelled as beef...
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Burger company withdraws products
22 March 2013 | By Food Standards Agency (FSA)
Testing has shown that three samples of beef burger products made by The Burger Manufacturing Company, have tested positive for at least 1% horse meat...
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Cutting plant suspension lifted
18 March 2013 | By Food Standards Agency (FSA)
The FSA has granted conditional approval to the Aberystwyth meat plant that had its approval suspended during the horse meat investigations...
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Update on progress of FSA beef product surveys
8 March 2013 | By Food Standards Agency (FSA)
Sampling of the first and second phases of the Food Standards Agency's UK-wide survey of beef products has been completed...
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EU agencies to advise on risks from phenylbutazone in horsemeat
7 March 2013 | By European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
EC has asked the EFSA and the EMA to carry out a joint assessment of the risks to human health from the presence in horsemeat...
